After upgrading my EVGA GeForce 8800GTS with the latest drivers from Nvidia I had to reboot my machine. When I did it took the BIOS about 2 mins to load and run. Once it did boot, everything came up fine. I noticed that at the very beginning of the BIOS screen, it did mention something about a memory test passed. I have 2GB of 800 mhz memory so I can imagine any memory test would take a bit of time. My concern is that I have had this machine for months and I have never had the BIOS take so long nor run any memory test. Is there a setting in the BIOS that I didn't see that controls this test? I think there is but I can't seem to find it. Also, does anyone know of a problem with the latest Nvidia drivers for the 8800 card?
Please only people with some technical knowledge answer this question. I have 20 years of computer experience and I know I must just be missing something here. Old age kicking in.
2007-11-17 07:03:17 · 4 answers · asked by Richard F 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Hi. You can disable the POST (power on self test) from within most BIOS software.
2007-11-17 07:19:42 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A memory test is run as standard procedure, along with the other tests to protect your computer.
There are many settings, but I won't tell you how to get to them for your own good.
Just be glad your machine does what it does and let's you know what is going on inside of it.
As far as the Nvidia 8800 and their drivers go, good luck buddy, they are known for constant crashes and not playing some games at all.
A good cure might be to load DirectX 10, but I am just guessing.
We are all waiting for them to find a fix, that's what happens when a company gets greedy enough to put something on the market without working out all of the bugs.
2007-11-17 07:18:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to check the condition of your hard drive. If the cables are loose or failure is pending, then the BIOS may take longer trying to identify the drive. Try downloading your drive manufacturer's test utility. A slow bootup is often a first symptom of pending hard drive failure. That may be followed by random errors in Windows to intermittent failure to load Windows.
You can disable the memory test in CMOS if you want. I don't think there is a connection between your video card drivers and the slow boots.
2007-11-17 07:46:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude...it looks like your new BIOS is worst than previous. the only way is to reset you CMOS battery or jumpers. could be buggy sloppy BIOS programming
Be sure you have an old BIOS...it might be on web site of your computer maker.
i dodn't have or didn't have any problem, so you might be better off with old video driver.
2007-11-17 07:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by steven25t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋